National Republican., 1887-04-11

block were found flower seed that had been Il
seed and plunted IL, and itcame up; IL bloomed |
In bluebell and heliotrope. Twothousand years /
ago buried, yet resurrected. Atraveler says he /
that had been buried there 5000 years ago. He
brought them out and on the 18th of June, |
1874, he planted them, and in thirty days they |
sprang up. Buried 5000 years, yet resurrected. |
why should 1t be thought thing incredible |
with you that God should raise the dead"
Where did oil this silk como from-tho silk
the hollow of q staff q Greek missionary
brought from China TO Europe the progenitors
OF those worms that now supply the SIX
hammered host and the Luxurious articles OF
commercial emporium blazing out from
tho silk worms. And who shall be sur
this Insignificant earthly life, our bodies
unfold into something worthy OF the coming
eternities2 Put silver, Into diluted nitre and
i dissolves. Is the silver gone foreyerl No.
Put IN some pieces Of copper and the silver
reappears Ifone force dissolves another force
swhy should II be thought thing incredible
| with you that God should raise the dead2'
| The insects few and the. worms orawled last
autumn feebler and feebler, aud then stopped.
| They have taken no food, they want none.
| They lay dormant and insensible, but soon the
south wind will blow the resurrection trumpet,
| and the air and the earth will be
that God can do as much for our bodies as He
does for the wasps and the spiders and the
| BnnllB1 InlB morning Pt nhlt- past IOur
| there was resurrection. Out OF the night the
day. In q few weeks there VIII be resurrec-
tion in all our gardens, Why not some day
| resurrection amid all the graves?
| Ever and anon there are Instances Of men
\ 4 trance ia death followed by resurrection
power and voluntary action. Rev. VIM. Ten.
nent, O great evangelist OF the last generation,
| Of whom Dr. Archiba Id Alexander, man far
| from being sentimental, wrote in most eulo-
| ptgtfp termq-Rpy. VIM. TCunent seemed 10
came n day Sfser ., lsy ,,s and S,r, said sSai
fled returned, and William Tennent lived to
| write out the experiences OF what he had seen
while his soul was gone y may be d found SnT
nation or comatose state is brief death, giving
the soul an excursion into the next world,
ThGn o@ GsS sSa oos aSus q Gf & 'T "
OF men from trance. and this waking up
insects nom winter me- yeara sna a1o sgs
make 1t easier ior you to believe that your
body and mine after the vacation of the grave
years between our last breath and the sound.
Ing OF the archangelic reveille2 Psychologists
tell us that while the mos; Of our bodies are
can spare nothing and the loss Of a
finger is Underwent and the injury OF a
toe joint makes us lame. still that We have
NO mo- ana,omist m ' or physiolosist has ever been
able 10 tell what they are good for. They are.
no doubt the foundation OF the resurrec-
tion body. worth nothing to us. in this
state, to be indispensably valuable in the
next state, The Jewish rabbis had only
hint Of this suggestion when they SAID that that
| which they said was to be the basis OF the res
direction body Perhaps that may have been
| delusion. But this thing is certain, the
Christian scientists OF our day have found out
that there are two or three superiuities OF
body that are something gloriously suggestive
called at tiny my friends house one summer
day. found the yard all piled up with the
rubbish of carpenter and masons, work. The
| door was of. The plumbers had torn up the
floor. The roof was being li1ed in cupola. All
the pictures were gone and the paperhangers
were doing their work. All the modern i'm.
provements were being introduced into that
dwelling There was not room in the house
before when ! visited That house everything
Improvement. My friend had gone with his
back at the end of SIX months, when the build.
ing was to be done. And Oh, what was his joy
when, at the end of six months he returned
and the old house was enlarged and improved
M gSsd gHsMs taa That Is y ed Sd %h heaS e S9s
But after awhiie your soul $lii g
one The ao oS boase Of SnG VIII
be entirely reconstructed from cellar 70 attic
, and every nerve, muscle, and bone, and tissue
structure viii be Furnished, ana adorned, and
! raised, and cupolaed, and enlarged, and oil
the improvements of Heaven introduced, and
aFor we know that If our earthly house o.
! this tabernacle were dissolved, we have Q
! building OF God, a house not made with hands
=, body and soul. meet again They are yer!
i fond Of each other Did your body ever hay
pain and your soul not pity II? or your bod!
changing the question, did your soul ever hav,
: any trouble aud your body not sympathize will
and tne
but your body celebrated 1t with kindled eyt
! and cheek and elastic, step2, Surely Goo
ds yo sSGSa Se
! descend, crying, Where is my body9" And IL,
snd sdy the M Lord a'f Of the resarrecton WIN Srni
them together. and II will be a. perfect soul II
perfect body, introduced by a perfect
! you You W Wonder @ that to day we swathe this nous
!. with garlandsl Do yeu wonder we celebrate
. | II with the most consecrated voice OF song tina
Q organ and cornet, and with doxologies tina
T heat these arches with the billows Of sound a
I the seq smitcs the basalt ut the Giants Cause
: way Only the bad disapprove OF the resur
. 4 cruel heathen warrior heard Mr.. Mofat
. the missionary. preach about the resurrection
ree aRe IN ne @ sad ss "a said the mission
AIRY. "Will all the dead IN battle riser sal
the cruel chieftain. Yes" said tn
o missionary. Then said the warrior
"let me hear no more about tn
9 resurrection day. There can be no resurrec
! | tion-there shall be no resurrection. hav
K slain thousands in battle. VIII they riser
L All, there will be more to rise on that day tina
: those want TO see whose crimes have neve
been repented Of But for all others who a
$ lowed Christ to be their pardon and their III
y and their resurrection 1t will be day OF vic
o tory.
y salvo that greets you into harbor, The light
y nings will be only the torches Of triumpha
q procession marching down to escort you home
9 The burning worlds flashing through INNER
y | sity will be the rockets celebrating your core
2 nation on thrones where you will reign foreye
y and forever and forever. Where Is death
u What have we to do with death2 As your re
I. united body and soul swing off this planet o.
y that last day you will see deep gashes all u
Q and down the hills, deep gashes all throug
y the valleys, and they Will pc the emptie
Y | graves, they will be the abandoned scpulcheri
q with rough ground tossed on either side Q
q theIn,g and plabs viii lie uneven on the ren
II hillocks, and there will be fallen monument
/ and cenptaphs, and then for the first time yo
, | Will appreciate the full exhilaration OF tn
text "He will swallow up death In victory
y Hail the Lord of earth and heaven!
Praise to Thee by both be given;
9 Thee we greet triumphant now,
u Hail the resurrection, Thou"
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